Edwards should be fine for Monday night. He should get three practices under his belt before then, which will most likely be used for getting timimng issues down with Sanchez. Simple routes - slants, 8 to 12 yard hooks and crosses into zone coverages with no motion...basic stuff. Edwards was in Cleveland were he was the Top Dog with noone (except Jamal Lewis - who is way past his prime) on the team that was "respected enough" for him to listen to or to stand up to him. He comes to the Jets, a team that has Jenkins, Scott, Rhodes, Thomas Jones, Faneca and maybe even Brandon Moore, and a coach that takes no crap from anyone.....all of which can and I believe will put him in his place if he acts up. I would even say that MR. Jenkins and Mr. Scott might have a little talk with him on the plane riode about how the Jets handle things.
Ugh I don't get everyone's love for Clowney when he can't even make the damn field. The Jets with Edwards can play using their base set 90% of the time: WR: Edwards, Cotchery TE/FB: Keller, Hartsock/Richardson RB: Jones/Washington/Greene When the Jets exchange Hartsock or Richardson for a wide receiver, it will be Brad Smith every time, because Schottenheimer likes fooling people. Why Brad Smith for fooling people? a: He is the best blocking WR we have, and probably a better blocker than Keller. b: He is big (6'2", 220lb) and has a good vertical, making him a mismatch for short catches and high balls thrown against corners (see last week's quick slant for a first down where he took a big hit from the corner) - This is where everyone remembers his drops from last year. Smith tends to lose concentration when he jumps up for the ball. His hands are solid the rest of the time. c: While not possessing blazing speed, he is fast and shifty enough to be a mismatch for a linebacker to line up against. Combined with (b), this forces the defense to use a safety to cover him unless they want a mismatch. d: He is an extremely talented runner. The second the ball is in his hands, he is, without a doubt, going to break tackles. e: Other teams know this and other teams fear this. You'll notice Schotty exploiting this on off tackle run plays. Brad Smith is always lined up on the side being run to and comes around on a fake reverse to force the defense not to over pursue. The second the defense shows a tendency to over pursue, Schotty calls the reverse. You see, this is the big benefit of Braylon Edwards: It gives the offense the ability to do everything out of a few sets of personnel. David Clowney fits nowhere in this offense, because the offense is based on versatility and creating mismatches through formation shifts, motions and fakes. What the fuck is David Clowney going to do besides a streak/go/fly? He had that one deep cross last season that he caught his only ball on, but this offense isn't The Greatest Show on Turf. It isn't based on protection and deep routes that exploit the time the protection gives to execute complicated double move routes on every damn play. It's a hybrid of the old run n' gun with the screens and quick routes of the west coast offense with the offensive roster specifically assembled to be able to come out with either style with the same personnel packages. Now tell me: Where the fuck does David Clowney find a role here unless he is one of the top 2 receivers that line up as flankers on almost every play? He doesn't. He isn't good enough to play at the NFL level. It's only his athletic talent, not his actual ability, that has coaches keeping him around.
^ Half of that post was just flat out terrible... Why is Clowney in the NFL if he can't play at its level? In the slot, maybe? He was competing with a guy that just got shipped out...
I'm not really worried about this, I think Edwards will be a plus right off the bat. Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum says Braylon Edwards is being prepared to start Monday night's game against the Dolphins. "It's a little bit like Ty Law last year, who came in late and played against the Patriots on Thursday night," Tannenbaum said. Law played extensively in that game, covering Randy Moss most of the night. Edwards is familiar with Jets OC Brian Schottenheimer's offense, having dealt with similar terminology under ex-Browns coordinator Rob Chudzinski. Edwards had his career year under Chudzinski in 2007, catching 80 balls for 1,289 yards and 16 scores. Rotoworld.com
When has he, even in the rare times he has seen the field (READ: PRESEASON), ever lined up in the slot? They tried using him as a slot receiver in Green Bay and he couldn't do it there. Also, he couldn't have been competing very well for the slot position when you consider that he didn't see the field at all. I already said why Clowney is in the NFL. It's his speed. Every team has athletically gifted people who aren't good enough at football to play but are kept around and usually used as special team players. The main reason they're around, though, is that the coaching staffs have the hopes that they will learn how to play football. It almost never happens, though.
He will, even if he has to punch and kick his way there, haha. Rumor is he was the one fined for the water...
You've got to be kidding... I can't believe you're knocking David Clowney because he's athletic and has potential. Go ahead and write him off because he's been injured in the past and he was beaten out by Stuckey. Ryan benched Clowney because he wasn't putting the team first... If he wasn't good enough to play, he'd be on the practice squad.
Rex knows what hes doing have some faith. If he thought Edwards wouldnt be better then stuckey we wouldnt have him.
worse case scenario is BE is just a nice decoy in week one - still prevents a safety from crowding the box. Teams will have to pick their poison if BE can catch a couple of deep balls.
Miami is a game where somebody has to step up on the more complicated routes and plays; like a Wallace Wright, Brad Smith or David Clowney. I think Braylon can handle a go route or some of the simplar routes and plays by Monday nioght, though. I think he will see some action, just no where near the whole game.
The dolphins have terrific running backs and also have their gimmick packages to confuse the defense. I think they will still try to push the issue through the air to keep our defense honest. The goal here is to stop the run and force them to try and beat us with the pass. Braylon Edwards will get a couple of side line routes and definitely the jump balls in the end zone. No terminology recognition needed for that!
Did we trade away anybody on defense? Did we get Calvin Pace back? I don't think removing one piece of the offense for another hurts us in any way. The game will be won by Sanchez not making mistakes. If he plays a mistake free game this game isn't even close. If he turns it over the way he did against New Orleans it's a long night. This is Miami's SB right now because if they fall 4 games behind us and New England it's over by week 5. I can't see Sanchez being that bad two weeks in a row. I would also imagine being a Michigan guy (albiet a few years earlier) Edwards probably knows quite a bit about what Henne does to get comfortable and how to read him. I don't think they ever played together but I'm sure they both know each other quite well.
